News by Topic: Partnerships

Cooperation brings out the best in us, and that’s no different at the university level. RIT is proud to partner with multiple companies and fellow universities to find novel breakthroughs in technology and create exciting new experiences for students.

  • February 14, 2019

    Man signs the word "sea" in sign langage while standing in front of presentation

    NTID named finalist for global literacy competition

    NTID is one of three finalists in a global competition to source technology solutions that increase access to local sign languages and advance language and literacy outcomes for deaf children in developing countries.

  • January 22, 2019

    collection of stars in space

    RIT to collaborate with Argentine institute

    RIT’s Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation and Insituto Argentino de Radioastronomía are beginning new systematic pulsar timing studies. RIT is helping IAR upgrade its two radio telescopes to get them operational again after decades without use.

  • January 22, 2019

    Group of students and professors stands holding giant check for $10,000 from the Raymond Corporation

    RIT robotics club receives donation from the Raymond Corp.

    Undergraduate students at RIT recently received a $10,000 donation from the Raymond Corp., one of the top material handling companies in the field today. The Multidisciplinary Robotics Club will use the funding to support current projects and professional development opportunities.

  • January 22, 2019

    Three men talk outside of cleanroom lab

    Tianjin University of Technology engineers visit RIT

    Tianjin University of Technology leaders toured the RIT campus and its Kate Gleason College of Engineering as the Chinese university looks to expand its teaching and research capabilities in the area of microelectronic engineering.

  • December 7, 2018

    Woman stands with clipboard in front of the otter exhibit at Seneca Park Zoo.

    RIT, Seneca Park Zoo lead world in river otter research

    Research involving North American river otters based at Monroe County’s Seneca Park Zoo has concluded the fascinating animals can visually discriminate between two-dimensional objects and detect differences in shapes and colors.
  • November 2, 2018

    A group of young women focusing on their computer screens during the hackathon.

    RIT hosts all-girl youth hackathon

    Girls as young as 11 will use their laptops, imagination and teamwork skills for social good at ROCGirlHacks Powered by AT&T, Rochester’s all-girl youth hackathon hosted Nov. 17 at RIT.
  • October 30, 2018

    A collage of photos featuring different groups who's proposals won awards in the Community Grants program.

    13 teams win awards for 2019 Community Grants Program

    The New York State Pollution Prevention Institute has announced awardees of its 2019 Community Grants Program as part of the organization’s ongoing efforts to continue improving the health and environmental quality of New York state.
  • October 30, 2018

    Members of the platform party stand in a line at the front of a presentation and close their movie clap-boards to symbolize the opening of the MAGIC Center.

    RIT opens new MAGIC Spell Studios building

    Tours and hands-on experiences were the order of the day as RIT formally opened the newest building on campus—the 52,000-square-foot MAGIC Spell Studios. The RIT community is invited to an open house until 3 p.m. today.
  • October 25, 2018

    One woman on the right adjusts augmented reality glasses on another woman who is wearing them on the left.

    NTID to explore augmented reality technology

    Using augmented reality to make STEM content more accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing learners in live presentation settings is the goal of a $258,000 grant from the National Science Foundation awarded to NTID.
  • October 24, 2018

    Two students and two faculty members working on this project pose for a photo in front of their lab bench, which is covered in different tools and models.

    Researchers improve upon stethoscope design

    Researchers at RIT and URMC developed a new digital stethoscope that combines precision sensors, electrocardiogram technology and machine learning applications into one piece of equipment to better detect heart ailments and problems that might occur with an implanted heart pump.